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New Delhi:
Director Shoojit Sircar's Piku is going full steam ahead at the box office with Monday's takings bringing its collections up past Rs 29 crores in four days. (Movie Review: Piku)
Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted:
Piku, which is the story of a Delhi-based architect, played by Deepika, and her hypochondriac father, played by Amitabh Bachchan, started slow with an opening day earning of Rs 5 crore on May 8.
However, revenues gathered pace and the film made Rs 19.9 crores over the weekend. Piku has also won over the international box office, minting nearly Rs 14 crores in the opening weekend.
Reviews of the film have praised Juhi Chaturvedi's writing, Shoojit Sircar's directing and the performances of the main actors - Deepika, Mr Bachchan and Irrfan Khan.
This week, Piku may dominate the box office but Friday brings with it the possibility of being dislodged from its position by Anurag Kashyap's much-awaited Bombay Velvet. The film, based on Gyan Prakash's Mumbai Fables, stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles.
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar's anti-corruption action film Gabbar Is Back scraped together Rs 3.45 crores in the second weekend, bringing its grand total to Rs 71.62 crores.
Hollywood action film Avengers: Age of Ultron was close on its heels:
Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted:
#Piku continues its dream run. Mon biz is 85% of Fri biz, superb. Fri 5.32 cr, Sat 8.70 cr, Sun 11.20 cr, Mon 4.40 cr. Total: ₹ 29.62 cr.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 12, 2015Piku, which is the story of a Delhi-based architect, played by Deepika, and her hypochondriac father, played by Amitabh Bachchan, started slow with an opening day earning of Rs 5 crore on May 8.
However, revenues gathered pace and the film made Rs 19.9 crores over the weekend. Piku has also won over the international box office, minting nearly Rs 14 crores in the opening weekend.
#Piku is EXTRAORDINARY in international markets too. Opening weekend total: $ 2.273 million [₹ 14.52 cr]. BIGGEST OPENER 2015 Overseas.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 11, 2015Reviews of the film have praised Juhi Chaturvedi's writing, Shoojit Sircar's directing and the performances of the main actors - Deepika, Mr Bachchan and Irrfan Khan.
This week, Piku may dominate the box office but Friday brings with it the possibility of being dislodged from its position by Anurag Kashyap's much-awaited Bombay Velvet. The film, based on Gyan Prakash's Mumbai Fables, stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles.
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar's anti-corruption action film Gabbar Is Back scraped together Rs 3.45 crores in the second weekend, bringing its grand total to Rs 71.62 crores.
#GabbarIsBack was ROCK-STEADY in Weekend 2: Fri 2.80 cr, Sat 4.20 cr, Sun 4.50 cr. Grand total: ₹ 71.36 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 11, 2015Hollywood action film Avengers: Age of Ultron was close on its heels:
#AvengersAgeOfUltron [Week 3] Fri 70 lacs, Sat 1.25 cr, Sun 1.50 cr. Grand total: ₹ 72.96 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 11, 2015